The Wood Brothers Postcard from Hell from Loaded I know a man who sings the blues Yeah he plays just what he feels Keeps a letter in the pocket of his coat But he never breaks the seal Set up in a bar room corner Playin' for tips and beer People carryin' on and drinkin' You gotta strain to hear I've seen him playin' some old cheap guitar But he could play on pots and pans You never heard a soul so pure and true It's flowin' right out of his hands He can sing sweet as a choir girl Or he can sing a house on fire I've seen him callin' up the angels And use a breeze for a telephone wire And if you ask him How he sings his blues so well He says I got a soul that I won't sell I got a soul that I won't sell I got a soul that I won't sell And I don't read postcards from hell Says he came from down in Texas Playin' out since he's fifteen You can hear a little Chicago And a lot of New Orleans He\an take you on a freight train He can take you down the alley He can take you to the church He can walk you through the valley And if you ask him How he sings his blues so well He says I got a soul that I won't sell I got a soul that I won't sell I got a soul that I won't sell And I don't read postcards from hell I've seen him sleepin' in a doorway Maybe livin' outside On his back just like a cockroach But he ain't waitin' to die And if you ask him How he sings his blues so well He says I got a soul that I won't sell I got a soul that I won't sell I got a soul that I won't sell And I don't read postcards from hell Loaded from Loaded You never smiled at my opening line If I remember it right well you might have been cyrin' I didn't know you but I thought it was time You didn't ask to know what I was thinkin' I know it was late and I might have been drinkin' When my passion welled up And I readied my aim I didn't know my own name I was loaded, loaded I have to say I was loaded You shied away but I hunted you down The truth is a bully and it'll slap you around I know it can be A pretty rough ride When my true heart's kickin' my side I was loaded, loaded Proud to say I was laded Sometimes the tip of my tongue Is the barrel of a gun And it's loaded All alone on my knee with my dreams of the past But my aim is till true and my draw is still fast My heart pulls the trigger It doesn't wait Who wants a heart that hesitates I was laded, loaded Have to say I was loaded Sometimes the tip of my tongue is the barrel of a gun And it's loaded Yeah the tip of my tongue Is the barrel of a gun And it's loaded One More Day from Ways not to lose Well I seen you in a sadness I seen you when you?d hope to die I heard you say, well it?s raining all over the world What did I tell you What did I say Just when your faith is gone Give it one more day I seen you when your head is long Face down on the ground I heard you say, well you?re lost and you couldn?t be found What did I tell you What did I say Just when your faith is gone Give it one more day And next thang you ?re smiling back at the sun Blowing right back at the wind Rolling right back at the ocean But nothing?s gonna do you in Give it one more day One more day Just when your faith is gone Give it one more day I seen when your soul shines I seen you when you heart sings I heard you say well the world don?t owe you a thing Hay and what did you tell me What did you say Just when your faith is gone Give it one more day Just when your faith is gone Give it one more day Tried and tempted from Ways not to lose Well I been thinkin' 'bout droppin' out And lettin' this old river sweep me into the sea Do you remember when I sold you my soul? My God, it's gettin' kinda old won't you sell it back to me? I been tried and tempted Tried and tempted Tried and tempted Tried and tempted I been thinkin' 'bout turnin' round And headin' up the stream to climb a mountain of youth Do you remember when I opened up your box and let the demons out Invite me never to I been tried and tempted Tried and tempted Tried and tempted And it's hard to be strong when you're tried and tempted too long Well it's hard to be strong when you're tried and you're tempted too long Well I'd like to be the wind Don't want to be the sail I'd like to be the train not the rail I'd like to be the train not the rail I been tried and tempted Tried and tempted Tried and tempted And it's hard to be strong when you're tried and tempted too long Tried and tempted Tried and tempted And it's hard to be strong when you're tried and tempted too long Yeah it's hard to be strong when you're tried and tempted too long Yeah it's hard to be strong when you're tried and tempted too long Luckiest Man from Ways Not to Lose My whole saturday and sunday too I was thinking about ways not to lose I lay down my weapons is what I've done Too late to hide, feet too soft to run But people say I'm the luckiest man Yeah they say Running is useless and fighting is foolish You're not gonna win but still you're the luckiest man you're up against And too many horses and mysterious forces What you don't know is you are the luckiest man You're the luckiest man I done talked to the devil when he calls my name But sometimes when I'm losing it all seems the same And when I fall I'm back up again Just to slip on the same mistakes and slide right back in But people say I'm the luckiest man Yeah they say, Running is useless and fighting is foolish You're not gonna win but still you're the luckiest man you're up against And too many horses and mysterious forces What you don't know is you are the luckiest man You're the luckiest man Try to keep my faith and keep my mind Hate to lose either one when the whip cracks behind And I can't help but mourning just a little each night People say everything is gonna be alright They say I'm the luckiest man Yeah they say, That running is useless and fighting is foolish You're not gonna win but still you're the luckiest man you're up against And too many horses and mysterious forces What you don't know is you are the luckiest man You're the luckiest man You're the luckiest man